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Unable to cope with him, his mother called DYFS two years ago.

A case was opened, she said.

When he was 17, O'Neill beat up his brother, prompting his mother to file assault charges.

He was later placed on one year of probation, which he is still serving.

O'Neill said Triolo was assigned his case in February 2005.

The two became close, he said, after he left a therapy program and went back home to live with his mother.

He said she took him out to lunch in September at a River Edge diner and began fondling him there.

"After that there was a lot of hugging and kissing," O'Neill said.

Because she'd bought him clothing and took him to a concert of his favorite band, he said, "I didn't want to tell anybody about our relationship." On the eve of his graduation from an alcohol-recovery program, O'Neill relapsed and told his parents that a caseworker with a local youth agency bought him the liquor.

Arnold said the local caseworker then told investigators that O'Neill told her he had an affair with Triolo.

His mother, Maria Stoker, then called DYFS.

O'Neill has since been questioned twice by the prosecutor's investigators, Arnold said.

Molinelli said his office has "conducted some interviews," but he declined to elaborate.

Explaining why she filed a notice of claim when no criminal charges had been brought, Arnold said: "They [DYFS and Triolo] had a civil responsibility to my clients, whether or not criminal charges are filed." Under state law, plaintiffs mu...

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